Concluding the extreme, enhanced footwear parkour sequence. I tried to convey the lyrics with the line style on this page, because how else do you convey blurred figments with a pen? Anyhow, these lyrical pages are a tease for what’s to come!
-L!
I’m basically making it up as I go, and getting in practice with fundamentals! Perspective is always fun, especially when you mix it with surrealism.
Feel like a music video yet? Test run for future sequences.
I loved drawing this full page spread, not only for showing Emily’s childlike playfulness with her environment but it presented a perfect opportunity to break away from typical backgrounds while drawing a comic book panel. There will be plenty of of scenes depicting the city, but for a music video-esque sequence, why not have the environment take a cue from the lyrics instead?
This sequence works better when you can hear the music. But for now, it serves as a glimpse of lyrical comic pages to come. Imagine Emily running at break-neck speed through the neighborly streets of Metro Bay.
The idea behind this page was a third person view of Emily, superimposed on a 3-panel layout in first person to embody the feeling of dashing at a dizzying speed, first down the side alley of Bunny Brews, then turning down the main alleyway, THEN down a Main Street. Lyrics to follow.
-L!
If ever there was a page in the comic which represents my stance on typical comic borders, it’s this one. No borders in sight! Just free-flow sketching on the page, making up the “panels”. When reading The Emby Chronicles, you’re not only reading a comic book, you’re flipping through my personal sketchbook. I’m learning as I go, and so is Emily and her new buddy JC!
Welp, now that JC’s made some recalibrations to the discs, the retractable straps confine Em’s shoe properly, and now she’s poised for new heights! (literally!) Get ready.
Back at the usual meetup! This is the last time JC and Em will be seen in Bunny Brews for a long while, so I wanted this page a little squishy. Apologies, cozy sits, and JC’s coming out of her shell, dare I say showing some sarcasm and even taking a more commanding role? Hmm..
If you couldn’t tell by now, I like to draw speech bubbles with a somewhat transparent appearance. Just for funsies. -L!
If Vol 1 was split into two parts, this would be page 1 of part 2. I haven’t decided on whether part 2 should just be its own issue yet, but I feel like both parts supplement each other, soooo leaning towards one big volume.
Anyhow, here we see JC toiling away in her personal lab when she gets a Link msg from Emily formally apologizing for her reckless antics.
Having established the flat/soft shading style in part 1, we’ll be expanding from there. You’ll notice certain shading techniques representing different times of day, and I’ll probably toy with other methods as we go.
These next few pages really crank up the duo’s adventure, and it only gets crazier from here. I’m excited to bring it all to life. Buckle up, brats!
Same thing on this page as the last. Initial draft had the POV flipped, with JC walking away and waving, sort of like a juxtaposition to the previous panels of Emily doing the same, but I figured it would be more interesting showing both of their faces, sooo you get a “bothered” JC face all up close and personal. Ahh, she’ll come around…
